Deep in the bowels of Guantánamo Bay, extreme bass music rumbles from Bazooka speakers as federal agents use the music of Skinny Puppy to torture prisoners. It’s a fact that has been confirmed by the pioneering industrial band, and that inspired its latest album, Weapon. Now, if you’ve never been…
Deep in the hells of Guantanamo Bay, extreme bass music rumbles from Bazookas as federal agents use the music of Skinny Puppy to torture prisoners. It’s a fact that has been confirmed by the pioneering industrial band, and that inspired its latest album, Weapon. Now, if you’ve never been to…
DJ Woozles got his name from watching a movie where Winnie the Pooh takes a psychedelic journey by eating honey before bedtime. The DJ was with his grandma, who everybody called “Elephant.” And since a face-tripping Pooh Bear refers to elephants and weasels as “Hephalumps and Woozles,” he says, “I…
It takes cojones to lyrically smack down Jay Z. But Problem Kids don’t fear the Jigga Man. And they’re not afraid of Fidel Castro either. The six dudes of this Miami-based live hip-hop band insist that if they met that bearded despotic madman in the flesh, they would say nothing…
Independent hustler AR is a rapper who wants you to get on his level. You’re going to need a Bentley, several cases of Ciroc, a backyard party at the Circle House, and a single with Jim Jones. We were there at his new music listening party on Saturday night, getting…
Never heckle comedian Katt Williams. He will jump off the stage with a quickness and slap the nose off your face. He will pull out a pistol and stamp a .45 on your forehead. He will unzip his schlong, pee on your shoes, throw whiskey in your good eye, and…
Carcass’ Jeff Walker forges ahead, continuing to craft innovatively searing sounds and poetically grim lyrics.
The cover of Mr. Feathers’ new album, Cold Horses, depicts the artist carrying a naked blonde girl with her throat slit toward an altar. He is dressed in what looks like Beethoven’s old clothes. The room is dark. And there are candles. A mysterious arm and black gloved hand jut…
All across Miami, the roar of motorcycle engines is a signal that it’s time to ride. And the destination: Churchill’s Pub, where the drinks are cheap, the bands are loud, and the air smells like burning oil. Every Thursday night, the real bikers ride up to hang out, talk shop,…
The Soul Rebels are a mighty force from New Orleans that’s rocked with Metallica, covered Jay Z, and marched with instruments across the London Bridge for the BBC. Now this eight-piece brass band is coming to Miami’s favorite 24-hour liquor, food, pool, and sports center, Will Call. And founding drummer…
Even 25 years later, echoes of Miami freestyle’s powerful influence can still be heard on the radio, in the clubs, and in the electronic dance music that’s dominating today’s music industry. During the mid ’80s and early ’90s, freestyle boomed from Miami’s wildly creative and prolific scene. But thanks to…
Ira Sullivan is a true jazz legend. He goes back so far that he was snapping fingers with the cool cats in Chicago for the birth of Bebop. By the time he turned 18, he was playing trumpet, sax, flute, and flugelhorn alongside some of the best in the business…
Want to make an investment that sticks? Forget about cars, cash, clothes, and gold. Tattoos are one of the few things you can buy that will last the rest of your life. So if you’ve got money on your mind and you want to keep it there, get your head…
Hip-hop will never die. And neither will “Rappers Delight,” the song made famous in part by rap pioneers Wonder Mike and Master Gee. As 2014 descends on Miami, The Stage will feature that pair, and their homie HenDogg, performing as Rappers Delight, alongside Suenalo, for a concert and party to…
Santa is a fat, hairy, white guy with kids on his lap. That’s not what Christmas is about. Still, malls across America are grimy with the manic footprints of wild hordes of shoppers clawing for the perfect deal. This is their music. And these are the ten worst Christmas albums…
If it wasn’t for Miami, there wouldn’t be ska. This musical style was born in Jamaica during the 1950s from a mix of traditional Caribbean mento with American jazz and R&B. But when Miami radio first started playing independent black music in the 1940s, Jamaica and the rest of the…
Life has been a wild ride for Wanito. One day, he’s just another talented musician in Jérémie, Haiti. And the next day, he wins a talent show to record an album for Peace Tones, a global music initiative funded by Kickstarter. Now he’s touring the world, closing in on 100,000…
Miami knows hit and runs. You’ve probably been a victim, committed one, or know someone who’s been affected. Hell Bound City Tattoo’s Esteban Dalpra was riding his motorcycle on Miami Avenue when Angel Alberto Ochoa ran a stop sign in a box truck and smashed into him with 16 tons…
On Saturday night, the Misfits horse-kicked all of the creep punks at Grand Central into a new dimension of brutality. Oceans of blood washed over the flabbergasted audience until the red tides left them soaked in the afterbirth of a new American monster. Then that horrible creature reared its ugly…
The Misfits are the blood and guts of punk rock. Founded in Lodi, New Jersey in 1977, the band has grown into a monster of iconic sounds and merchandise ripped from the burning reels of American horror. Founding member Jerry Only, former Black Flag barker Dez Cadena, and Chupacabra from…
“It was 1988, I was 18 years old, trying to graduate high school.” That’s how Vincent Mason, otherwise known as Maseo of golden-era hip-hop trio De La Soul, remembers the days, weeks, and months leading up to the life-changing release of 3 Feet High and Rising, a golden-era hip-hop masterpiece…
A typical day with recording studio magnate Abebe Lewis might include coordinating a limo ride from the Delano for Miley Cyrus, facilitating strip club accommodations for Puerto Rican rap star Ñengo Flow, sending an intern to pick up cigars for Waka Flocka, booking afternoon studio time for Will Smith, and…
